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How Michael Jordan's March Madness Shorts Changed the Apparel Business

While Jordan’s effect on footwear is impressive, it’s not the only multi-million dollar fashion trend he set.

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Half a Billion People Were Defriended Last Year—Does That Undermine Facebook's Business?

As Facebook users change the way they behave, the social network company will need to stay nimble to protect revenue.

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Good Design for Business Is More Than Meets the Eye

How the Boba Guys build trust by controlling the personality of their business.

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Critics of South by Southwest's Homeless Hotspots Haven't Met Jonathan Hill

Despite outrage about the Homeless Hotspots at SXSW, the program's homeless participants and their advocates say it's a positive development.

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Why Does Apple Want You to Know How Many Employees It Has?

Apple hopes counting employees will help solve its public relations problems.

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Apple’s Brand at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices

Loyal Apple consumers call on the company to reform its supply chain before the launch of the company’s highly anticipated iPhone 5.

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From Start-Up to Household Name, the Boba Guys' Science of Logos

From the Nike swoosh to the Chiquita banana lady, a tour of what matters in a company's logo.

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Selling to American Muslims, Saffron Foods Discovers the Future of Bicultural Marketing

When an entrepreneur wanted to attract American Muslims' $124 billion in spending power, he found the next big marketing strategy.

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The Boba Guys Market to the Unmarketable

Blowback from PR gaffes or praise from customers is broadcast for all to see.

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When Will Companies Learn? How to Avoid a Verizon-Style Fee Frenzy

How can out-of-touch companies stop alienating customers with messy p.r. battles and embarrassing reversals?

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The Upside—and Downsides—of QR Codes

Why advertise your site when you can send someone directly there?

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Call in the Kids: Young Entrepreneurs Bring New Ideas to the United Nations

Can young business leaders shake up the world's biggest international organization?

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East vs. West: How the Boba Guys Brand Jumps the Void

Learning from Asia to sell tea in America.

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Are Report Card Ads the Next Step for Budget-Crunched Schools?

Motivated by a $70 million deficit, a Colorado school district is selling ad space on report cards.

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What's So Great About Ikea, Anyway? Why No One in the World Likes Brands

What if 70 percent of brands in the world just disappeared overnight? Most people wouldn’t care.

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GOODCo Video: Making Brands Matter in Culture with 72andSunny

"We believe in telling the truth to each other and we believe in telling the truth to the people we are trying to sell things to."